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Noun: computer simulation
  1. (computing) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program
    "a computer simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated";
    - simulation, sim [informal]

Derived forms: computer simulations

Type of: framework, model, technic [N. Amer], technique, theoretical account

Encyclopedia: Computer simulation